Being Me Quotes - Page 4

• I think mentoring is essential in life, both being a mentor to someone and being mentored, and I think that when you are mentored it inspires a generosity in you to mentor others and that I know is what happened with me, so for instance, the people that come through my studio to work for me, it's not good enough for me to just give them a paycheck.

  Carol Friedman

  Thinking, People, Generosity

  Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. April 21, 2010.

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• The world has changed around me. I've been me, and continuously being me in a constant, steadfast way.

  Jeremy Scott

  World, Way, Changed

  Source: www.elle.com

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• I think a double bass for me would be too much effort. But the cello, you're really engaged and the sound is kind of right here. So, it feels like being merged, married to an instrument.

  Tod Machover

  Thinking, Double Bass, Effort

  Source: bigthink.com

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• I think there is probably something evolutionary in that we are drawn to the easiest option. But in our age of convenience, cars, ready meals and off the peg mean that we are in danger of being mentally under stretched.

  Philippa Perry

  Mean, Thinking, Car

  Source: bigthink.com

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• There are many ways to portray darkness and evil and it isn't all in being mean and tough.

  Mat McNerney

  Mean, Evil, Darkness

  "Show No Mercy". Interview with Brandon Stosuy, pitchfork.com. July 17, 2009.

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• I am the god of being messy - I'm trying to get better. I was terrible in my 20s. My kids are much tidier than I am, I don't know where they get it from, maybe their mother.

  Kevin McKidd

  Mother, Kids, Get Better

  "Kevin McKidd: 'For my role in Rome I had to wear a little skirt - my wife liked that...'". www.mirror.co.uk. February 7, 2010.

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• I was very excited to hone in on John Goodman. Casting John first really set the tone. He's very good at being terrifying and being hilarious, and I loved the idea of that character not being merely 'moustache-twirly'. I enjoyed being scared by him.

  Dan Trachtenberg

  Character, Ideas, Casting

  Source: www.empireonline.com

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• One of the nice things about being me is you show up in a town, you meet somebody interesting and entertaining, and for 48 hours, what a wonderful person to be around. You mess around, and all of that is super, super fun, and you don't have to deal with the long-term consequences of it.

  Guy Branum

  Fun, Nice, Interesting

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I think men spend so much time passing for being men.

  Junot Diaz

  Men, Thinking, Time Passing

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. March 8, 2008.

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• To go from the vision that we would all be free to express ourselves creatively because our material needs were being met, to this reality where nobody has money, people are unemployed, and the machines are harnessed by the lucky guys who Facebook or Google and we're supposed to be happy just to contribute content to their site.

  Astra Taylor

  Reality, People, Guy

  Source: therumpus.net

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• The only preparation or participation required to unleash the power of intention is a connection to the conscious intelligence field, which can be attained in many ways, one of the best being meditation.

  Deepak Chopra

  Meditation, Preparation, Connections

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• I'm trying to be entertaining without being mean

  Tina Brown

  Mean, Trying, Entertaining

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• What is art?... From a strictly logical point of view, a question with no clear answer comes under the suspicion of being meaningless. But a strictly logical point of view never shows us much about art.

  Carter Ratcliff

  Art, Views, Answers

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• I think men spend so much time passing for being men. There's a sense among many writers of color that the most invisible figure that was sitting between all of us was the nerd. But it was the thing we weren't saying, that people were afraid to say, like, "Yo, what we do is nerdy by definition."

  Junot Diaz

  Men, Thinking, Color

  Interview with Matthew Rothschild, progressive.org. March 8, 2008.

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• Metaphysics,--the science which determines what can and what cannot be known of being and the laws of being.

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  Law, Metaphysics, Determine

  Samuel Taylor Coleridge, James MARSH (D.D.) (1829). “Aids to reflection, in the formation of a manly character ... illustrated by select passages ... especially from Archbishop Leighton ... First American, from the first London edition ... Together with a preliminary essay, and additional notes, by James Marsh”, p.397

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• There are three fundamentals for human happiness - love and faith, and work which will produce at least a minimum of material security. These things must be made possible for all human beings, men and women alike.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Happiness, Men, Three

  Eleanor Roosevelt (1938). “My Days”

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• Okay, sense of humor: plus one. Being able to laugh at yourself: plus one. Being able to laugh at other people without being mean: plus one. Vanity: minus one.

  Katie Aselton

  Mean, Vanity, People

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• My confidence allows me to do things my way and help people make a decision. People like the idea of me just being me.

  Curtis Jackson

  Ideas, People, Decision

  Source: www.complex.com

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• Today's Politically Correct "historical Jesuses" are no different, being mere clones of the scholars who design them.

  Robert M. Price

  Jesus, Design, Historical

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• Does religious conviction provide a powerful reason for killing? Undeniably it often does. It also often provides the sole compelling reason for refusing to kill, or for being merciful, or for seeking peace; only the profoundest ignorance of history could prevent one from recognizing this. For the truth is that religion and irreligion are cultural variables, but killing is a human constant.

  David Bentley

  Religious, Powerful, Ignorance

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• I focus on fashion of course, I love it. I may go buy an outfit and get dressed just to sit on the couch and watch TV at the crib so on the outside looking in people cold better word it. It's really me just being me.

  Lil Herb

  Fashion, People, Focus

  Source: thesource.com

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• In order to live as we were designed to live, we must be in pursuit not simply of manhood but of godly masculinity. That begins by being men who are rightly related to God, who understand what it means to fear him, and who respond to that fear by being alert, standing firm in the faith, and being men of courage.

  Bob Lepine

  Mean, Godly, Men

  Bob Lepine (2003). “The Christian Husband: God's Vision for Loving and Caring for Your Wife”, Gospel Light Pubns

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• We were looking to collaborate with someone on both those fronts [ writing and directing] and it ended up just being me [in Brief Interviews with Hideous Men]. So, at this point, it's the epitome of a passion project and I just hope people like it.

  John Krasinski

  Passion, Writing, Men

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• I've been thinking about that a lot too lately, These Days. I think it's becasue I grew up in retail, in costumer service. I grew up having to talk to everybody, having to sell to everybody so now that I can just sell me, it's fun. It's not even a sale, it's really just me being me.

  Ab-Soul

  Fun, Thinking, Retail

  Source: www.hiphopcanada.com

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• The people who know the sort of personality or persona that I give across more on Twitter just realize that I'm just being messy and I'm just snatching wigs.

  Jason Roy

  People, Giving, Personality

  Source: www.nydailynews.com

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